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June 9, 2017

Seminarian Jude is admitted as candidate for Holy Orders

Diocese of East Anglia seminarian Jude Belnas was admitted to the rite of Candidacy, the final stage before Ordination to the Diaconate and then the Priesthood, […]
June 8, 2017

School pupils gather in Norwich to celebrate Pentecost

Over 100 children from four Catholic primary schools in Norfolk and Suffolktook part in a day of reflection and celebration on the theme of Pentecost led […]
June 7, 2017

Pentecost is celebrated in style across East Anglia

Pentecost Sunday was celebrated in style across churches in the Diocese of East Anglia on June 4, marking the feast which celebrates the birthday of the […]
June 7, 2017

Tributes paid to extraordinary sister and friend Jo Langley

March parish has celebrated the life of Sister Jo Langley, who died in March, aged 98, at a special memorial Mass.Her fellow sisters of the Franciscan […]
June 6, 2017

Bury St Edmunds’ international celebration of Pentecost

A colourful and enthusiastic International Mass took place in Bury St Edmunds on Sunday (June 4), involving a number of different nationalities, timed to coincide with […]
June 5, 2017

Charismatic Catholics celebrate in East Anglia

Hundreds of Charismatic Catholics from across the region met Bury St Edmunds over the weekend at the Celebrate East Anglia event at the same time as […]
May 31, 2017

Fun and faith on children’s pilgrimage to Walsingham

Around 350 children and adults took part in an enthusiastic Diocese of East Anglia children's pilgrimage to Walsingham on May 30. Arriving from across the diocese, […]
May 29, 2017

Papal preacher brings message of hope to Walsingham

Preacher to the Papal Household, Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, brought a message of hope to the Anglican National Pilgrimage in the grounds of Walsingham Abbey today (May […]
May 29, 2017

Joyful trio professed as Franciscans in Norwich

Three candidates were solemnly professed as full members of the OFS (Ordo Franciscus Secularis), or the Secular Franciscan Order, of the Norwich "Pax et Bonum' fraternity […]
May 28, 2017

Website is a guide to the Art of Dying Well

As a Catholic approaches death, there are a series of comforting rites and rituals that can help a person spiritually prepare for the final journey. These […]
May 21, 2017

Two Cambridge professors receive papal knighthoods

Two Cambridge University professors have been honoured with Papal Knighthoods by Pope Francis for their outstanding work for the Holy See and the Catholic Church. The […]
May 21, 2017

Norwich mother celebrates her namesake’s sainthood

A Norwich mother-of-two, who was named after a Portuguese shepherd girl, wascelebrating this week after Pope Francis canonised St Jacinta of Fatima. Jacinta Goode, a Eucharistic […]
May 20, 2017

King’s Lynn ‘largest’ church packed for First Communion

The largest chapel of ease in England ' in King's Lynn ' was packed with young Catholic First Communion candidates and their families on May 7 […]
May 19, 2017

Diss parish receives LiveSimply Award inspired by pope

Diss Parish has been given the coveted LiveSimply Award, which is inspired by Pope Francis and championed by CAFOD. Father David Bagstaff and CAFOD's parish volunteer, […]
May 18, 2017

St Edmund’s is first in East Anglia to receive language gold

St Edmund's Catholic Primary school, in Bury St Edmunds, has become the first school in East Anglia to secure the prestigious Gold Linguamarque accreditation, thanks to […]